{
  "id": "type-051g",
  "name": "Type 051G Class (Luda III Class)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Destroyer",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1991,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Type 051G Class (Luda III Class) Chinese Destroyer was an improved variant that the last two ships, Zhanjiang and Zhuhai, were completed too. They were equipped with Type 354 3-D air and surface search radar.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 280,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 132,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 12.8,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "4.6 m",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 3670,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "72,000 shp (53,700 kW)",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 4779,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 32,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Computerized FCS",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "See Weapon Systems",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Combat Data System #1",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "ZKG-4A",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Combat Data System #2",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "ZKG-4B",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Radars and sonars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Type 354 radar",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Polarisation",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "linear",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Search Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x DUBV-23 search sonar",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Depth Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x DUBV-43 variable depth sonar (VDS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Active Protection System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "See Weapon Systems",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "1 x Canon de 100mm Naval Gun; DARDO; YJ-8 Launchers; YJ-8 Missile; HQ-7 SAM Launcher; HQ-7; Yu-7 Torpedo Tubes; Yu-7 torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "1 x Canon de 100mm Naval Gun",
      "role": "Naval Gun",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Naval Gun",
        "Caliber": "100 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "78 round/min"
      },
      "range_km": 17
    },
    {
      "name": "DARDO",
      "role": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
        "Rate of fire": "2 × 300 round/min 2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty)"
      },
      "range_km": 8.7,
      "qty": "1 x DARDO Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "YJ-8 Launchers",
      "role": "Missile Launcher",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Missile Launcher"
      },
      "qty": "4 x twin YJ-8 Launchers"
    },
    {
      "name": "YJ-8 Missile",
      "role": "Armament",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Guidance": "Inertial navigation/active radar homing terminal guidance",
        "Warhead weight": "165 kg",
        "Speed": "Mach 0.9",
        "Length": "5.81 m"
      },
      "range_km": 42
    },
    {
      "name": "HQ-7 SAM Launcher",
      "role": "Missile Launcher",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Missile Launcher"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "HQ-7",
      "role": "Short-range air defense missile.",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Short-range air defense missile.",
        "Guidance": "Command + electro-optical tracking",
        "Warhead": "HE-FRAG with proximity fuse",
        "Speed": "Mach 2.3 (750 m/s)",
        "Length": "3 m"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Yu-7 Torpedo Tubes",
      "role": "Armament",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "Yu-7 torpedo",
      "role": "Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Torpedo",
        "Guidance": "active / passive acoustic homing",
        "Warhead": "high explosive",
        "Warhead weight": "45 kg",
        "Speed": ">45 kn (83 km/h)",
        "Length": "2.7 m"
      },
      "range_km": 14
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Zhanjiang",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1991 Fleet: South Sea Fleet",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Zhuhai",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1991 Fleet: South Sea Fleet",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-051g"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/type-051g.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-type-051g": {
      "title": "Type 051G Class (Luda III Class) Chinese Destroyer",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Type_051G_Class_Luda_III_Class_Chinese_Destroyer",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}